Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live: Tokyo Dome, 6/14/08 + 6/15/08
Someone on a Japanese message board wrote that Jun said at some point that one of his future goals for Arashi was to finally have many songs that surpassed A-RA-SHI, because he felt they sometimes relied on A-RA-SHI as a crutch during concerts, and he wanted to reach the point that it wasn't needed anymore.
I think this is the first explanation that makes sense. With Around Asia 2008 on the horizon and the Dome tour just ten shows, if there's a time for them to meet this goal of learning to survive without it for a tour, this would be it.
(General description is still at the Osaka report, this is more talking about what changed and the MCs, not describing stuff all over again.)
( Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live: Tokyo Dome, 6/14/08 )
( Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live: Tokyo Dome, 6/15/08 )
I think this is the first explanation that makes sense. With Around Asia 2008 on the horizon and the Dome tour just ten shows, if there's a time for them to meet this goal of learning to survive without it for a tour, this would be it.
(General description is still at the Osaka report, this is more talking about what changed and the MCs, not describing stuff all over again.)
( Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live: Tokyo Dome, 6/14/08 )
( Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live: Tokyo Dome, 6/15/08 )